Definition of Algology

1. Noun. The branch of botany that studies algae.

Exact synonyms: Phycology
Generic synonyms: Botany, Phytology

Definition of Algology

1. n. The study or science of algæ or seaweeds.

Definition of Algology

1. Noun. The branch of botany dealing with algae. ¹

2. Noun. The medical treatment of pain as practiced in Greece and Turkey. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Algology

1. the study of algae [n -GIES]

Medical Definition of Algology

1. The study or science of algae or seaweeds. Origin: L. Alga seaweed. (04 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Algology

algodystrophy
algogenesis
algogenic
algoid
algoid cell
algol
algolagniac
algolagniacs
algolagnias
algolagnic
algological
algologies
algologist
algologists
algology (current term)
algometer
algometers
algometric
algometrical
algometries
algometry
algophilias
algophilic
algophilists
algophobia
algophobic
algopsychalia

Literary usage of Algology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"... consisting as they do of important monographs, a form in which much that has been done in algology and Microscopy is as yet only to be found. ..."

2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1858)
"algology and Microscopy is as yet only to he found. Among the works arc the splendid ... algology ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"... as far as necessary, research, during the term of station activity: Professor Conway MacMillan, MA, director-in-chief and lecturer on algology ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1868)
"We may therefore conclude that the genus Nostoc of modern algology, in part at least, if not entirely, may be regarded as the initial or metamorphic states ..."

5. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1860)
"The synonymy is also carefully given, and references made to the works of authors who have written on the subject of algology. We have great pleasure in ..."

6. The Lamp by Charles Scribner's Sons (1904)
"But the crowning beauty and singularity of the algology is its illustrations. ... "For two years," he says, in his preface to the algology, "I lived a sort ..."

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